ARMOUR & CO.

Bachelorette's non-pick puts `real' in `reality'

August 07, 2005

When Chicago's Jen Schefft turned down both guys on the last installment of "The Bachelorette," many people figured that was the end for ABC's ratings-challenged "Bachelor"/"Bachelorette" franchise. But the network rolls through town later this week (Wednesday at Rockit Bar & Grill, Thursday at Le Passage and Saturday at the Chicago Hilton) looking for candidates for "The Bachelor," which this time will play out in Paris.

Roz Taylor Jordan, who is in charge of rounding up the talent for the show, tells Armour & Co. Schefft may actually have helped the show more than she hurt it. "You can't always predict how people are going to feel," Jordan said. "That bodes well for the network, the fact that they let it play out the way it did. I don't think you can get more real than that."